Pfizer and Microsoft go after Viagra Spammers

Weird_Hock writes "This story from Reuters tells about the joint effort from Pfizer and Microsoft to go after illegal sellers of Viagra. Pfizer is going after the sellers and Microsoft after the spammers. Looks like they're targeting both sides of the money chain."

Comments

No Case

[fembots]

Spammers are selling V|agra you silly!

Microsoft should double-dip and file a parallel lawsuits against spammers who sell Full Version WinXP PRO for $35.

Stop taking the fun out of life!

[themaddone]

First they go after my music... then they go after my drugs...

But they'll never get my... my... ohmigod, what do I have left??

Re:Stop taking the fun out of life!

[flint]

Your rifle. Cause without Viagra your gun is useless.

"This is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for killing, this is for fun."

Analysts..

[Anonymous Coward]

..are predicting a long, hard battle.

Re:Analysts..

[Anonymous Coward]

...with stiff penalties.

As always

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

Microsoft want to be the biggest dicks around...

Just maybe...

[gammygator]

Maybe they'll come up with a product that keeps my servers up.

Re:There's a joke here

[Anonymous Coward]

Lets not go about this half cocked. Microsoft and Pfizer will need to get a firm grip on the situation, and stroking big egos won't make the solution come any sooner.

let the jokes begin!

[Maskirovka]

Time for the scumbags to bend over and feel the wrath!

Someone is gonna be in a world of hurt.

MS and pfizer are going to spread some love around.

There will be swelling in some lawyers'...pockets.

No carrots for the spammers. Just some bloated, throbbing, heavy-handed...sticks.

hmm

[GotSanity]

is it just me or does it seem like microsoft and pfizer are going to be mutualy beneficial out of this one. pfizer's profits get to go back up and microsoft gets a ton of viagra. That should make the programmers happy. :)

Re:hmm

[PedanticSpellingTrol]

Being both micro and soft, they could really use it too.

First draft of the press release:

[FunWithHeadlines]

Pfizer and Microsoft announced today that they had stiffened their resolve to go after sellers of counterfeit Viagra(r). They realized such spams were peaking, and they knew they had to harden the course for such counterfeiters.

"These guys think they can keep profits rising endlessly," complained a Pfizer spokesperson. "They are really beginning to poke us in the eye with their nonsense. We are a big company, and Viagra has helped up grow considerably. We won't let these crooks cut our profits off prematurely."

(Memo to editorial staff: Does the above sound right? Something seems a bit odd.)

Vested interest?

[HardsetHead]

I suppose since no-one yet has made this crack...

I wonder if Microsoft has an ulterior motive in this whole crackdown.

Thank you. I'm here all week.

Re:Why not go after the users?

[ThomasFlip]

Middle aged men who need pills to induce raging hard ons have enough problems as it is.

Re:Shouldn't the headline really read:

[MightyMartian]

"Pfizer and Microsoft rise to the challenge."

"Pfizer and Microsoft erect barriers to Viagra spam."

"Pfizer and Microsoft have the balls to go after Viagra spammers."